Welcome to the Companion Site!

This site is intended to enhance your use of Congress and Its Members, 16th Edition, by Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, Eric Schickler. Please note that all the materials on this site are especially geared toward maximizing your understanding of the material.

Congress and Its Members, Sixteenth Edition offers readers comprehensive coverage of the current U.S. Congress and legislative process by examining the tension between Congress as a lawmaking institution and as a collection of politicians constantly seeking re-election.

The Sixteenth Edition of this best-selling text considers the 2016 elections and discusses the agenda of the new Congress, White House–Capitol Hill relations, party and committee leadership changes, judicial appointments, and partisan polarization, as well as covering changes to budgeting, campaign finance, lobbying, public attitudes about Congress, reapportionment, rules, and procedures. Always balancing great scholarship with currency, this best-seller features lively case material along with relevant data, charts, exhibits, maps, and photos.

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, Eric Schickler for writing an excellent text and for reviewing the assets on this site. Special thanks are also due to Alicia Fernandez for creating the ancillaries on this site.